Today, Tzedek DC and allies Legal Aid DC and Legal Counsel for the Elderly submitted testimony before the DC Council’s Committee of the Whole in support of the Public Health Emergency Credit Alert Amendment Act of 2021. The bill would make permanent certain credit alert protections that were temporarily enacted during the COVID-19 emergency that allowed residents to submit a personal statement on their credit reports reflecting that they have been financially impacted by a public health emergency.

Read the full testimony here.